KDE is tied together with Qt. KDE classes mostly inherit Qt classes and specify them. KDE 4 is based on QT 4, KDE 3 is based on Qt. When this tutorial introduces Qt classes, this helps you learn KDE programming.

* Know how you can get help:

* Know how you can get help:

Whenever you have a KDE class and want the KDE documentation for it, point your konqueror to [http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/cvs-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kinit/html/classKApplication.html kde:KApplication] (in case you want help for the class KApplication). For the Qt class QApplication, you can point your konqueror to [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.1/qapplication.html qt:QApplication].

Whenever you have a KDE class and want the KDE documentation for it, point your konqueror to [http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/cvs-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kinit/html/classKApplication.html kde:KApplication] (in case you want help for the class KApplication). For the Qt class QApplication, you can point your konqueror to [http://doc.trolltech.com/4.1/qapplication.html qt:QApplication].

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* To learn KDE programming, first read this:

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http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/cpp-pitfalls.html

=Your lessons=

=Your lessons=

* [[ProgrammingTutorialFirstProgram | Your first program]]

* [[ProgrammingTutorialFirstProgram | Your first program]]

* [[How to write Kontact plugins]]

* [[How to write Kontact plugins]]

Revision as of 20:40, 31 August 2006

This is a tutorial to learn KDE programming by examples. It assumes you are working with KDE 4, not KDE 3 (see build_unstable for how to build it).

Overview

Basics:

KDE is tied together with Qt. KDE classes mostly inherit Qt classes and specify them. KDE 4 is based on QT 4, KDE 3 is based on Qt. When this tutorial introduces Qt classes, this helps you learn KDE programming.

Know how you can get help:

Whenever you have a KDE class and want the KDE documentation for it, point your konqueror to kde:KApplication (in case you want help for the class KApplication). For the Qt class QApplication, you can point your konqueror to qt:QApplication.